Patents by Inventor Michiyo Fukumoto

Michiyo Fukumoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for producing lipoprotein-containing substance having reduced lipid content
    Patent number: 5478585
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing a lipoprotein-containing substance having a reduced lipid content. The lipid content is reduced by treating a lipoprotein-containing substance with at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of proteolytic enzymes and lipolytic enzymes and then bringing the substance into contact with a sub- or supercritical fluid to extract a lipid from the substance. The lipid extracted from the substance is separated from the fluid which may be used again in the extraction step. Also disclosed is a food whose raw material is a lipoprotein-containing substance having a reduced lipid content obtained by the above process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Otsuka Foods Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Isono, Michiyo Fukumoto, Hitoshi Hariu, Masakazu Takahashi